Justifying device for game-boards.



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JUSTIFYINGUEV ICE F08 GAME 'BDABDS.

(Application filed Jim 4, 1901.]

(No Model.)

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flfmww ATTORNEY.

WITNESSES NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD T. BURROWES, OF PORTLAND, MAINE;

JUSTlFYlNG DEVICE FOR GAME-BOARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 671,754. dated April 9,1901.

Application filed January 4, 1901. Serial No. 42,093. (No model.)

Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Justifying Devices forGame-Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an adjusting and supporting device forgame-boards, and it is embodied in the construction hereinafterdescribed, and defined in the claims.

Game-boards, as distinguished from gametables, are relatively lightstructures, which are usually placed upon tables or other supports, fromwhich they can be removed with but little effort. In such boards wheremovable objects are employed in playing a game or games it is necessaryto have the board held steady and level, and in boards where pockets areemployed it is necessary to so elevate the board above the table-topthat the pockets may hangfree without coming in contact with thetable-top. My invention is designed as an adjunctto such game-boards andis intended to do awaywith the necessity of placing books or otherobjects under the boards to elevate them. In United States LettersPatent dated October 16, 1900, and numbered 659,809, I have shown ablock for this purpose; but by wide experience it has been found thatthe blocks were objectionable in that they were of uniform height andwere not susceptible of vertical adjustment unless associated with somedetachable object, such as a book. In my present invention I haveovercome the various objections heretofore existing and have constructedan adjusting and supporting device which is susceptible of beingincreased or diminished in height by manipulating the same directly withthe hands with but little trouble, and so while the same is in positionsupporting the board, and, further, by forming the outer ends of thedevice with large areas, so that tipping is largely avoided.

As far as I am advised, heretofore billiardtables have been providedwith adjusting devices adapted to be attached to the legs of the table;but none of such constructions are susceptible of general use inconnection with game-boards.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the justifyingsupport or leg. Fig. 2 is a vertical section, and Fig. 3 is an elevationshowing the support and a section of the game-board.

A designates a block conveniently cylindrical in cross -section andoblong. This block is formed with a broad flat under snr-. face orbottom and has a cylindrical threaded cavity a, extending to a pointnear the lower end.

B designates a companion block or head of substantially the sameformation as the pa rt A and has extending from its under side athreaded pin or stem 1), adapted to fit the threaded bore of the part A.The upper face of the part B is flat.

By forming the two blocks with broad flat outer ends or ends havinglarge area the adjuster is held firmly on its supporting-snrface and inturn holds the board steady, preventing its creeping and jarring.

In construction the vertical length and diameter of the part B is suchas to form an easy grasping -surface, it being slightly shorter than thepart A, but of substantially the same diameter. The construction andrelative size of the parts enables the operator, after placing the boardupon the supports, to take hold of the respective parts with his hands,turn one relative to each other with but little trouble, and therebyelevate the upper portion or part, and when it is desired to remove thesupports the parts may be adjusted in close relation, so as to form'acompact device capable of being easily stored away. The ends of theparts A and B are conveniently provided with pads of leather or thelike, as at D. The well-known construction of game-board is that whichhas a frame extending above and below the board, as shown in Fig. 3, theboard being represented at C. In this form of board the smaller end ofthe justifierorsupport may be conveniently placed downward, so that theoperator will have less difficulty in reaching the upper part after thesupport has been placed below the board.

The exact relative size of the blocks may be altered and the particularshape of the exterior may be changed without departing from theinvention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is'

1. As an article of manufacture, a detached adjustable support forgame-boards comprising in its construction two members having a screwconnection and of a shape and size to be grasped by the hands and eachcapable of being rotated independently of the other when in position andeach member having its outer end of an area to form a steadyingholdingsurface for the support and the board carried thereby,substantially as described.

2. As an article of manufacture, a detached adjustable support forgame-boards comprising in its construction two members having ascrew'connection and of a shape and size to be grasped by the hands andturned relative to each other when in position and each member havingits outer end of an area toform a steadying holding-surface for thesupport and the board carried thereby, and pads on the outer ends of themembers, substantially as described.

3. As an article of manufacture, a detached adjustable support forgame-boards comprising in its construction two members of relativedifferent length, having a screw connec- 7 tion and of a shape and sizeto be grasped by

